LATEST GREENLIGHT NEWS

One year on, the ecologically sustainable strategy for our staff, artists, venue and audiences continues to hold pride of place in everything we do; from our Greenlight mugs, Glow in the Dark directional emergency lighting in our theatres, and the company’s Green Purchasing Policy. We have now invested almost $17,000, which has been collected through Carbon Offset fees from every ticket to Malthouse Theatre productions.

This sum has allowed us to achieve Carbon Positive Status – thank you! This investment has been made with Climate Friendly; an organisation dedicated to positive, meaningful and real action to address the global greenhouse problem.

Climate Friendly's projects offer the highest quality carbon credits from independently verified sources that meet a series of sustainable company principles. Individual projects include wind farms in Victoria, Western Australia, South Australia, New Zealand, Turkey and China. 50 cents from each single ticket sold to Malthouse Theatre productions in 2009 will continue to be used to offset the carbon emissions generated by the performances you attend, so as you ‘positively’ enjoy your theatre, so does our environment!

SO MANY WAYS TO COLLABORATE

During the redevelopment of the Merlyn Theatre in January 2005, all seating within the venue was replaced with the luscious red ones you enjoy today. In 2007, HotHouse’s venue in Wodonga, The Butter Factory, made a commitment to seek a new – more comfortable – seating bank for their patrons, yet did not have the funds to purchase new seating.

With support from the CIty of Wodonga and Arts Victoria, HotHouse was able to recondition 160 of the best seats we had in storage and install them for the commencement of their 2009 season. Another good example of recycling, now part of our company's core business.